Angels' Pawn (2009) (edit title/settings)

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• Ashwini: Guild Hunter, also called Ashblade by Janvier. She has "the eye" - an ability to sense the past. She has hunted Cajun for three times without success.
• Janvier: A 245 year old vampire, Cajun, born in a time when a man’s word was all he had. Janvier had the habit of annoying angels enough to end up on the Guild’s hunt list. However, right when Ashwini almost had him, he’d somehow make up with whoever it was he’d offended.
• Elena Deveraux: Ashwini's friend and fellow guild hunter.
• Antoine Beaumont: An old vampire that lives in Atlanta and serves Nazarach.
• Jean Beaumont: Vampire in Antoine Beaumont's family.
• Monique Beaumont: Vampire, Antoine Beaumont's granddaughter.
• Frédéric Beaumont: Vampire, Antoine Beaumont's grandson, Monique's brother.
• Nazarach: A mid-level Angel that controls Atlanta, his wings are amber colored. He is 700 years old.
• Callan Fox: Two-hundred year old vampire that serves Nazarach, he has formed a Kiss.
• Ransom Winterwolf: Guild Hunter, part Native American, has long black hair.
• Raphael: Archangel in charge of North America, his wings are white tipped with gold.
• Simone Deschanel: A vampire, Antoine's wife.
• Sara Haziz: Guild Director.
• Perida: A vampire, Callan's enforcer.
• Shamiya: The one who Made Janvier.
• Neha: "The Queen of Poisons" - Archangel, rules India.

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• “Step into my lair, Guild Hunter.”

  Janvier

• “She had no illusions, knew Janvier could be as lethal as an unsheathed blade, but she also knew he’d been born in a time when a man’s word was all he had. Immortality hadn’t yet stolen that sense of honor from him.”

  Ashwini

• “Looking for weaknesses, hunter?” “And of course. Then I could just push you into sunlight and watch you fry.”

  Janvier and Ashwini

• “Everyone under a hundred is a child to me.” “Funny.” “I do not talk of you, cherie. You carry too much knowledge in your eyes. If I did not know you were human, I’d think you, too, had lived as long as I.”

  Janvier and Ashwini

• “Will you tease me this way forever, Ashwini?” “Only a few more decades. Then it’ll be time for a new hunter to chase you.”

  Janvier and Ashwini

• “Damn, Cajun, you’re not dead yet?” “Why the hell does everyone ask me that?”

  Callan and Janvier

• “Figures you’d hook up with a woman who might one day hunt you down like a rabid dog.”

  Callan

• “Never, ever, feel sorry for a vampire. They’ll take that pity and use it to rip out your throat, smiling all the while.”

  Ashwini

• “Janvier had the habit of annoying angels enough to end up on the Guild’s hunt list. But that wasn’t the worst part—right when Ashwini almost had him, when she could all but smell the collar, he’d somehow make up with whoever it was he’d offended. Last time, she’d nearly shot him on principle.”

• “Nazarach has grown old fast.” “He looks in the prime of his life.” “No. Here.” Janvier put a fist over his heart. “I’ve met Favashi, the archangel who rules Persia. She is over a thousand years old—but Favashi still has her heart, still has a humanity that is utterly lacking in Nazarach.” Ashwini gave a slow nod. “There are vampires like that, too.” “If I ever become one, Ashblade, consider it a mercy killing and take me out.”

  Ashwini and Janvier

• “Who hurt you, cher?” “No one you can kill.”

  Janvier and Ashwini

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• “You’re slightly out of step with the world, aren’t you, hunter?

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• “Ashblade,” he said, using the nickname he was responsible for coining, “is good at what

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• The angel laughed, and the shattering power of it swept around the room, crawled over her skin. Age, death, ecstasy, and agony, it was all in that laugh, in Nazarach’s past. It crushed her, threatened to cut off her breath, leaving her trapped forever in the terror-choked hell that had sought to claim her since childhood.

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• Janvier’s face grew still, so very, very still. “Do not speak of your death with such ease.”

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• All trace of charm left Janvier’s face, exposing the almost feral ruthlessness of his true self.

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• Kenji and Baden on standby—give the signal and we’ll have you out of there in under an hour.”

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• “As it is impossible to do anything but appreciate you, Guild Hunter.”

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• “I asked for you because you bloodied an angel who tried to take you a year ago.

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• vampires were almost-immortals, after all—to them, humans were nothing but toys, fleeting pleasures, easily tasted, easily forgotten.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Atlanta, GA: main setting for story
• Louisiana: Where Janvier was from

Organizations edit see section history

• Hunters Guild: Organization of Hunters that track down rogue vampires.

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Glossary edit see section history

• Kiss: A group of vampires who band together for a common purpose.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Angels' Blood.

Followed by Angels' Blood.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Nalini Singh (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Some sexual situations and profanity

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Series